TY - BOOK AU - Stine,Megan AU - Hinderliter,John TI - Where is Easter Island? T2 - Where is ...? SN - 9780515159486 (paperback) AV - F3169 .S75 2017 U1 - 996.18 STI 23 KW - JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / Australia & Oceania KW - bisacsh KW - JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Earth Sciences / Geography KW - JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / Australia & Oceania KW - Easter Island KW - History KW - Juvenile literature KW - Antiquities N1 - Includes bibliographical references (page 108); Ages 8-12 N2 - "Unearth the secrets of the mysterious giant stone statues on this tiny remote Pacific island. Easter Island, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean thousands of miles from anywhere, has intrigued visitors since Europeans first arrived in the 1700s. How did people first come to live there? How did they build the enormous statues and why? How were they placed around the island without carts or even wheels? Scientists have learned many of the answers, although some things still remain a mystery. Megan Stine reveals it all in a gripping narrative. This book, part of theNew York Timesbest-selling series, is enhanced by eighty illustrations and a detachable fold-out map complete with four photographs on the back"--; "Easter Island, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean thousands of miles from anywhere, has intrigued visitors since Europeans first arrived in the 1700s. How did people first come to live there? How did they build the enormous statues and why? How were they placed around the island without carts or even wheels? Scientists have learned many of the answers, although some things still remain a mystery. Megan Stine reveals it all in a gripping narrative"-- ER -